Instead, Venis hopes to acquire tech from fellow poker night attendee Jeff (Ramy Youssef), who has created a filter capable of distinguishing AI from reality. Yet Jeff is hesitant to sell, both because Traam is a "racist and shitty" platform, and because his net worth is skyrocketing in the face of all the chaos.

Director Jesse Armstrong’s HBO movie "Mountainhead" can’t match “Succession,” but its warnings about oligarchs and AI feel set in reality.